Spring · Ireland
St. John's Well
St. John's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Kilclooney Mountain stands 792 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pil River Park, a park 0.4 miles away.
covered, but stream still flows from there
How to reach it
Coordinates52.35388, -7.31934
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Ponsonby Memorial Tower: 0.9 mi
- Rogerstown Castle: 1.0 mi
- Tibberaghny Castle: 1.6 mi
- Fiddown Bridge: 1.8 mi
- Sinnott's Cross Monument: 2.9 mi
Artworks
- MoDomnoc: 1.3 mi
- Saint Crispeen: 5.1 mi
- Slate sculpture: 5.7 mi
- Last Journey: 10.4 mi
- SS Port Lairge propellor: 10.8 mi
Springs
- Tobernabrone: 1.8 mi
- Tubber a' Teampuill: 2.0 mi
- Templeorum Holy Well: 2.1 mi
- Tobar Álainn: 3.0 mi
- St Thomas' Well: 3.1 mi
Peaks
- Tower Hill: 2.7 mi
- Carrigfenoagh: 3.3 mi
- Carriganog Hill: 3.6 mi
- Kilmacoliver Hill: 4.0 mi
- Carricktriss Gorse: 4.2 mi
Parks: 56
- Pil River Park: 0.4 mi
- Castle Park: 3.7 mi
- The Green: 3.9 mi
- Páirc na Seamróga: 9.3 mi
- Ballybricken Green: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 55
- Ormonde Castle: 3.8 mi
- Kilkieran Crosses: 4.0 mi
- West Gate: 4.0 mi
- Brawder's Family Blacksmith: 5.0 mi
- Aghaviller Round Tower: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 31
- Benvoy Beach: 14.8 mi
- Kilmurrin Cove: 14.8 mi
- Boatstrand Beach: 14.9 mi
- Annestown Beach: 15.0 mi
- Stage Cove: 15.0 mi
Gardens: 22
- Gáirdín an Ghorta: 8.7 mi
- Shrubberies: 10.8 mi
- Top of the City Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Sensory Garden: 11.0 mi
- Walled Garden: 13.1 mi
Museums: 19
- Heritage Centre: 4.0 mi
- Portlaw Heritage Centre: 4.6 mi
- Irish Wake Museum: 11.0 mi
- Irish Museum of Time: 11.1 mi
- Irish Silver Museum: 11.1 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Fiddown Island: 1.9 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 8.6 mi
- Garden of Renewal: 10.9 mi
- Fenor Bog: 13.5 mi
- Thomastown Quarry: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Mahon Valley: 12.8 mi
- Mahon Valley: 14.0 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 18.0 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 18.0 mi
- Carricjmore Cliff: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 5.2 mi
- Mahon Falls: 12.7 mi
- The Prison Waterfall: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Castle View: 14.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of St. John's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilclooney Mountain | SW 231° | 792 m | 11.8 mi |
| Carrignagower | WSW 237° | 767 m | 11.5 mi |
| Knockanaffrin | WSW 248° | 755 m | 12.0 mi |
| Curraghduff | SW 235° | 750.1 m | 12.2 mi |
| Coumfea | SW 233° | 741.9 m | 13.2 mi |
| Coumfea North Top | SW 235° | 728.3 m | 12.8 mi |
| Seefin | SW 231° | 725.592 m | 15.3 mi |
| Knockaunapeebra | SW 230° | 724.4 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 17:57 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 21:00 | 21:56 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:45 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 15:14 | 16:18 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- House Sparrow8 obs
- Eurasian Blackbird4 obs
- Common Chaffinch3 obs
- Common Wood-Pigeon2 obs
- Rook2 obs
- European Robin2 obs
- White Wagtail1 obs
- Dunnock1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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